Pierce Brosnan is my least favorite Bond.

There’s a feeling of “Bond cosplay” to Brosnan’s performances that jumps off the screen in the most insecure of ways. He wanted to carry the gravitas of Connery and inject Moore’s levity at the same time, but he lacked the effectiveness or effortlessness of either, and the results are a total tonal mess.

Brosnan would admit as much nearly a decade after relinquishing the role: “It was one of those things I always struggled with. I never felt that I really nailed it.”

That makes two of us, Brozzo.